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Lane" To: Bruno Haible Subject: Re: bug#79378: pointless gnulib-tool options Message-ID: References: <9238156.EQBWh6L3l7@nimes> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9238156.EQBWh6L3l7@nimes> X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-MFC-PROC-ID: l-IRf_beaVuXyJKbdPXe5MUqUjKxoXb4KLWKcn4CESg_1756915678 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 79378 Cc: 79378@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) On Wed, Sep 03, 2025 at 05:11:57PM +0200, Bruno Haible via Bug reports for the GNU Parted disk partition editor wrote: > Hi, > > In the https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/parted.git repository, > in bootstrap.conf there are the lines > > gnulib_tool_option_extras="--tests-base=gnulib-tests --with-tests --symlink\ > --makefile-name=gnulib.mk > " > mkdir -p gnulib-tests > > But since > 1) the directory gnulib-tests/ does not have a Makefile.am, > 2) the top-level Makefile.am does not include 'gnulib-tests' among the > SUBDIRS, > this generation of gnulib-tests is pointless. You could drop it: > > gnulib_tool_option_extras="--symlink\ > --makefile-name=gnulib.mk > " This was added in commit ea9cb0048bd633ff2043a3af2265d2544da345e7 because not having it there was causing bootstrap failures. gnulib is a twisty path of ancient code, so maybe it's there for a reason. I'll try to take a closer look at it when I prepare the next release. Brian -- Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT) - weldr.io - lorax - parted - pykickstart